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ARTIST BIO: Michael Burton Artist and Filmmaker Burton makes animated historical films. Some are about real people. Some are gleaned from the work of famous authors. Working closely with writers, scholars, and production professionals he...

"for I shall be the first . . . " John William Boone and Willa Cather's Transformative Art

In Cather’s My Ántonia , narrator Jim Burden encounters the ancient Roman poet Vergil (shortened in English from Vergilius) and his long poem Georgics while attending the state university. Written before the Aeneid, a foundational text of all...

Wandering Spirit: African Wax Prints

Wandering Spirit: African Wax Prints

Batik is a Javanese word that refers to a traditional technique of wax-resist dyeing, in which a pattern is made on both sides of cotton fabric with warm liquid wax applied by a tjanting , a small brass cup with a spout. After the wax cools and...

64th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference: "Willa Cather and the Theater"

The curtain fell on another wonderful spring conference here at the National Willa Cather Center. Centering around Willa Cather’s love of theater and her role as a drama critic in Lincoln early in her writing career, several presenters spent...

"Both Bitter and Sweet": Cather and the Great War

Our 61st annual Willa Cather Spring Conference focused on the sacrifices made during the Great War. We gathered to discuss the war's impact not only on Willa Cather's life and war-era writings but on those of her literary contemporaries, as...

2015 Willa Cather Spring Conference / International Seminar

In the centenary year of Cather's The Song of the Lark , the 60th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference was held June 5-7, 2015 and themed "Fragments of Desire: Cather and the Arts." The event took place in conjunction with 15th International...

Red Cloud History

This gallery gives you a glimpse of twentieth century Red Cloud. Most of the photos depict the Main Street Historic District (downtown), the train depot, or the Republican River area. All images come from our WCPM Image Collectation at the...

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A Gold Slipper

A Gold Slipper

"for I shall be the first . . . " John William Boone and Willa Cather's Transformative Art

"for I shall be the first . . . " John William Boone and Willa Cather's Transformative Art

Wandering Spirit: African Wax Prints

Wandering Spirit: African Wax Prints

64th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference: "Willa Cather and the Theater"

64th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference: "Willa Cather and the Theater"

"Both Bitter and Sweet": Cather and the Great War

"Both Bitter and Sweet": Cather and the Great War

2015 Willa Cather Spring Conference / International Seminar

2015 Willa Cather Spring Conference / International Seminar

Red Cloud History

Red Cloud History

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Kevin and Heidi Cheng, Piano-Violin Duo

Kevin and Heidi Cheng, Piano-Violin Duo

The Ensemble Theatre: "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry"

The Ensemble Theatre: "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry"

66th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

66th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

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